---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES – Appropriates $120,147,300 to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Public Health Services Division for fiscal year 2019; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 237.02; provides for transfers to the Cooperative Welfare Fund; limits the transfer of funds budgeted for trustee and benefit payments; provides for program integrity; provides for a plan on suicide prevention and awareness; transfers $1,831,000 from trustee and benefit payments to operating expenditures for the Department of Health and Welfare Physical Health Services Program for fiscal year 2018; and provides for a cash transfer from the Idaho Immunization Dedicated Vaccine Fund to the General Fund."
description: "APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES – Appropriates $120,147,300 to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Public Health Services Division for fiscal year 2019; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 237.02; provides for transfers to the Cooperative Welfare Fund; limits the transfer of funds budgeted for trustee and benefit payments; provides for program integrity; provides for a plan on suicide prevention and awareness; transfers $1,831,000 from trustee and benefit payments to operating expenditures for the Department of Health and Welfare Physical Health Services Program for fiscal year 2018; and provides for a cash transfer from the Idaho Immunization Dedicated Vaccine Fund to the General Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H 704"
citation: "Idaho H 704 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "APPROPRIATIONS", "HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT", "HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-15"
last_action: "2018-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3534c840-20ea-48be-b33d-d23f83c88e17"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0704/"
source_hash: "3294becdfbd363e6399188ffeed6379bda7de09865c135ca804ea302a910a75a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-id"]
---

# Idaho H 704 (2018) — APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES – Appropriates $120,147,300 to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Public Health Services Division for fiscal year 2019; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 237.02; provides for transfers to the Cooperative Welfare Fund; limits the transfer of funds budgeted for trustee and benefit payments; provides for program integrity; provides for a plan on suicide prevention and awareness; transfers $1,831,000 from trustee and benefit payments to operating expenditures for the Department of Health and Welfare Physical Health Services Program for fiscal year 2018; and provides for a cash transfer from the Idaho Immunization Dedicated Vaccine Fund to the General Fund.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0704.pdf)

## Votes

- Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – — **51–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-15** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-03-16** Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
- **2018-03-19** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-19** Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – PASSED - 51-18-1AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Bell, Blanksma, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Dayley, Dixon, Erpelding, Gannon(17), Gannon(5), Gibbs, Giddings, Hartgen, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc(Tway), Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Packer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Barbieri, Boyle, Collins, Crane, DeMordaunt, Ehardt, Gestrin, Hanks, Harris, Holtzclaw, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Palmer, Scott, Vander Woude, ZitoAbsent – HormanFloor Sponsor - WintrowTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-20** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2018-03-20** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance `introduction`
- **2018-03-20** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-03-21** Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Potts, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - SouzaTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-22** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2018-03-22** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2018-03-22** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2018-03-22** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2018-03-22** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2018-03-23** Delivered to Governor at 5:18 p.m. on March 22, 2018
- **2018-03-28** Reported Signed by Governor on March 28, 2018 Session Law Chapter 340 Effective: 03/28/2018 SECTIONS 7-9; 07/01/2018 all other SECTIONS `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3534c840-20ea-48be-b33d-d23f83c88e17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).